Ok fellas, this chapter is the real deal. I really hope I'm making it up to you. Also, I must say that the Fairy Tail Guild is the new one, meaning the one after the Phantom Lord arc, so It's huge ok.

Morning: East Forest

Ika yawned and stretched as the sun started to rise. He is waking up relatively early, so when he got up he could hear a splash in the near by river. Hearing his stomach growl, he jumped down to the ground and made his way to the river. Once there, he saw a fish jump from the water and back.

Ika sighed and took his shirt off. The reason why only his shirt was because he was barefooted throughout his whole travel. The Kraken Soul user turned his legs and arms into the monster limbs and crouched down on the edge of the river, waiting and ready to pounce. Once he saw a fish get close enough, Ika pounced into the river and disappeared with several bubbles surfacing and popping.

The air was still, but then it was broken when Ika walked out of the river with his claws buried into the gills of a large purple fish. "Now this is a catch." Ika said, sitting down cross legged… and bit off the head of the fish and started eating it raw. "And an easy one too."

(A/N: Easy because he has to fish the Wing Fish in Web Valley… barehanded!)

After leaving nothing the the skeleton, Ika got up, grabbed the shirt he took off, and climbed the where he slept. The mage grabbed the bag and got out another pair of shorts. Quickly changing, he once again jumped down and sighed. "Now what?" He asked with a poker face. Remembering what his mom told him, they need to just make sure to be hidden. "But she didn't say how so…"

With that in mind, Ika decided to head back to town.

Magnolia Town

Ika walked along the streets of the town. Sure, there were some on lookers due to him being barefoot, but other than that, everything was fine. After a few minutes of roaming, he couldn't shake the off the feeling that he's being followed. Every so often, he would "casually" turn around and indeed, he seemed to see the same red colored hair everywhere he went. Feeling uneasy, he divided to take a turn into a random, empty, narrow alley.

Who ever was following him quickly went after him and got a huge surprise. Ika used his tail to grab the stalker by the neck, slammed them against the wall, hard enough to crack it, and drew his claws ready to attack. "Who are you and what do you want from me?" Ika questioned. The person, who turned out to be a woman, didn't answer. Ika was about to ask again, but then he realized what she was wearing… a type of armor with the Fairy Tail symbol. "Titania Erza." he whispered.

As you all know, Erza Scarlet, one of Fairy Tail's S-Class wizards, is well known through out Fiore due to her swordsmanship and good looks. But when angry… let's just say that the best case scenario is not being able to walk anymore.

He looked at her face, that didn't really say much due to the her hair covering most of it. Giving a nervous grin, he gently let the legendary Titania Erza down. He then casually started to dust her off.

But when he commend her hair back, Erza's eyes were as red as blood. At times like this, Ika knew EXACTLY what to do… kneel down and beg for mercy.

In a fast pace: "OhmygodIamsosorryfordoingthistoyouIthoughtsomeoneelsewasfollowingmepleasedon'tkillme!"

Erza's dark aura started to fade away and she coughed. "No. I should be the one apologizing. Following someone is a terrible act to do."

Ika slowly got up. "Then… why are you following me?" The mage questioned.

Erza crossed her arms. "I might as well tell you. Makarov told me to keep a close eye on you." She explained.

Ika took a deep breath at this. "Well… I appreciate your concern, but I can take care of myself." Ika stated, pointing at himself with his thumb. Erza didn't seem amused.

"I'm sure you can, but looking at your type of magic…" Erza indicated his still transformed limbs. "…I can tell it's a type of Lost Magic, and you want to hide it."

Ika looked down to his feet, sighed, and turned his limbs back to normal. "You're right. I do want to hide it."

"Then why not join the guild? We don't care what magic you use as long as you don't break the guild's rules with it." Erza asked.

Ika shifted.

Looking at his body language, Erza clenched her fist. "You're being hunted down."

The Kraken Soul user looked at her with a surprised look. "Um… nnnnnooooo?" Ika replied.

"Yes you are! Your mouth says no but your body says yes!" Titania exclaimed.

Shocked, Ika nodded his head. "Yes… you're right again." Ika said in a sad tone.

Erza placed a hand on his shoulder. "Who is hunting you?" Erza asked with a determined face.

Ika shook his head. "I can't say. I don't want anyone else to get caught in my problems." He responded.

Erza huffed. "What do you mean you can't say!? Someone hunting someone else just because of their magic is the greatest of sins!"

Ika held up his hands. "Actually, I'm being hunted down due to not making something on time."

Erza's face did a poker face. "What?"

"But the part where me being the last of my magic users is true." Ika added.

The S-Class mage sighed. "That is still bad nonetheless."

"So can I go now?" Ika asked, pointing back to the street.

"Yes you can." Erza responded.

The Kraken Soul user started to walk down the alley and into the street, but realized that Erza was still following him. The mage sighed and turned to face her. "Are you still going to follow me?" Ika asked.

"What? No. Why would I do that if… yeah I'm still following you." Erza admitted, touching her fingers.

Ika then started to think."When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Should I? She does need to make it up to me sooner or later. Why not? It's just one thing." The blue haired mage then clapped his hands. "Ok. As you said before, following me was a bad thing to do, so to make it up to me, you need to do me a favor." Erza looked at him and nodded her head. "Fine. What do you want me to do?" Ika did an mischievous smile.

Magnolia Cake Shop

"Thanks again for coming!" The chef called out.

Ika and Erza walked out the cake shop, Erza having a slice of strawberry while Ika a whole chocolate cake in it's container.

"That was it?" Erza asked.

"Yup." he responded.

"An entire chocolate cake?"

"Mhm."

"Isn't it still early to eat cake?" Erza questioned.

"Says the one eating her's right now." Ika told her.

Erza didn't realized she opened her box and started eating the strawberry cake and closed it with a blush.

"Hey Erza!" A familiar voice calls. Erza turned to face the owner to the voice while Ika sighed.

"Natsu? Happy? What are you doing here?" Erza questioned.

"Were on our way to the guild, but then we saw you and decided to say hello… Hello!" The blue flying cat, known as Happy, answered.

As he finished, Natsu started to sniff the air. "I recognize that smell." The Dragon Slayer thought out loud.

"It's just the cake… don't touch." Erza said, protecting the strawberry cake.

"No no it's not that its *sniff*… He was hear." Natsu said in a grimm way.

"Who?" Happy asked.

"That guy from yesterday." Natsu responded.

"What do you mean 'was' if he's right… where did he go?" Erza asked herself.

East Forest

The Kraken Soul user sighed. "That was rude of me… but I could care less." Ika told himself. "Oh who am I kidding, once Erza finds me, she's going to hang my butt in her wall, on top of a chimney!" he exclaimed.

A thought bubble appeared over his head showing Erza calm eating cake, sitting down next to her chimney, and on top of it was Ika's butt in a golden plate.

"I should go back… right after I get a slice." The mage sat down under the tree he's most likely going to call home and opened the plastic container. The aroma of the cake engulfed Ika's nostrils as the wind picked it up.

Meanwhile, a large monkey like creature was eating a recently snapped branch when a sweet aroma filled the air. The monkey sniffed it and started to drool.

"Something smell good." It said. It looked at the branch and threw it away and made his way to the origins of the sent.

Ika drew his claw across the cake to make a perfect triangle. He then grabbed the slice, place the rest of the cake aside, and drew to his mouth, true, it's messy but it will all be worth it in a few seconds. Just when he's about to take a bite, a large shadow grew over him. Ika looked from bottom to top of the thing that was creating the shadow. It was large and monkey like, from what Ika could see it was also green and had heart like patterns in it's arms. Sure enough, it was a Forest Vulcan.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" The Vulcan asked, reaching and grabbing the cake off the ground. "Hey give that back!" Ika demanded, standing up. "Why should I? It's mine now." The Vulcan said. "Give that back or you'll regret it." Ika warned, accidentally splatting the slice he had in his hand.

"You want it? Come and get it." The Vulcan said before jumping into the trees. Ika huffed and took off his shirt.

Kraken Soul!

Ika shouted and his limbs transformed into his monster along side the tentacles and the tail. He outstretched the tentacles and Air Bursted into the trees, giving chase.

Ika jumped from branch to branch, managing to catch up to the monkey. "Better give up now monkey!" Ika called . The vulcan looked back and grinned. It bended a large brach with it's tail and waited. "Try this on for size!" The monkey said and released it. Not even blinking, Ika jumped over it and tackled the Vulcan to the ground.

They hit the ground hard enough pick up some dirt.

"Give the cake back." Ika growled. The Vulcan wasn't afraid, but he did notice that the cake was gone. "Where is it?" It asked. They both looked to the side to see it was stuck on a branch. The two looked at each other and took chase.

The Vulcan grabbed Ika's tail and went over him.

Ika used his tail to grab the ankle of the monkey, tripping it, and jumped on it's head, making the Vulcan face plant into the ground.

The Kraken Soul user climbed the tree and grabbed the cake.

He was happy… but then the vulcan grabbed and bended the branch all the way so that he an Ika met eye to eye. "My cake." The Vulcan said angrily.

"Nope. My cake." Ika corrected. He drew his tentacle so that it made contact with the vulcan's hand and discharged. The Vulcan got electrocuted and eventually let go of the branch, sending Ika into the air.

The mage span out of control, but eventually regained it and took a deep breath. He looked at the black plastic plate, only to see it was empty. In a panic, he looked up, down, left, and right, he then saw it fall right pass him and panicked even more.

Entering into a free fall, Ika desperately reached for the cake with the plate. It then started to spin, panicking Ika even more. Getting close to the ground, the mage attempted to use his tail to reach the cake. And sure enough, it worked. Instinctively, he spread the tentacles and slowed himself down. Gently landing, Ika wiped out some sweat form his fore head. Feeling good, he once more attempted to get a slice, but then something was heavily breathing on his shoulder.

He turned around to see a VERY angry monkey. "I forgot about you." Ika mumbled. The Vulcan raised it's arm and swiped it. Ika barely managed to get out of the way, the the cake got swiped away into the bushes. The monkey and Ika quickly ran to see if parts of it was still edible. But what they saw shocked them. The cake splatted right on a red headed woman, very well known as Erza Scarlet. She slowly wiped the cake off and once she did, her eyes was once more glowing red.

"Well, we're dead." Ika commented turning back to normal. He looked to his side only to find the Vulcan long gone.

"Correction. I'M dead." Ika corrected before leaving a silhouette of smoke behind him.

He screamed like a maniac, doing serpentine, zig zags, and everything. However, when he went around a tree, the mage face planted into some kind of metal and fell to the ground, landing on his butt. "That's going to leave a mark." Ika thought, feeling a bump on his head. He then looked at the boots of the person in front of him, then at the armor, to the face still smothered with bits of chocolate. And rest a sure… it was Erza.

But she didn't look mad, but rather had a calm expression, which worried Ika even more. She held out a hand. Ika look gave a suspicious look, but took the hand. Erza helped him up and sighed.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

Ika slowly nodded.

"That Vulcan caused you any trouble?" Erza questioned.

"Um, well yeah." he responded.

Erza nodded her head. "Don't worry about it… you know, I never got your name." Erza remembered.

"My name is Ika." He responded.

"And you know who I am." She said.

"I was looking forward to that cake." Ika mumbled, noticing the chocolate on Erza's face.

"I can get you another one." Erza told him.

Ika's face beamed,

"Really!… um I mean… thank you but you don't have to do it." Ika quickly said.

"No no, there's no problem." Erza insisted.

"REALLY!?" Ika exclaimed with excitement.

Erza smiled then did a small laugh and quickly changed faces.

"No." She said with a death glare, making Ika gulp. "You owe me money for that cake, and also for splatting THAT SAME CAKE in my face. And I know how you can re-pay me." Erza said.

Ika was shaking with fear. "And that would be?" He asked.

Erza smirked. "You have to join Fairy Tail and do jobs there." She instructed.

"Oh go to hell with that!" Ika yelled.

"What?" Erza asked, grinding her teeth.

"I would rather die than to go anywhere near those Dragon Slayers. I am staying in the forest, and there is NOTHING you can do about it." Ika instructed, crossing his arms and turned his head away.

"Oh really?" Erza asked with a sparkling eye and a creepy grin.

The Kraken Soul user gulped.

Fairy Tail Guild

"Hey where is Erza?" Lucy asked Natsu.

"She went to look for that guy from yesterday." Natsu responded, sounding very annoyed.

"Why would she waste her time looking for someone like him?" Gajeel asked, crossing his arms.

"Wendy didn't say anything, but she too didn't like what she was hearing.

Just then, the large wooden doors bursted open, revealing Erza Scarlet.

"Hey guys, meet the newest member of the guild." She announced, throwing someone across the guild hall hard enough to hit the foot of the stage. "God! What is wrong with!?" Ika shouted.

"WHAT!?" The four Dragon Slayers questioned.

"Hey it's not like I want to be here!" Ika reminded, popping his back.

"Well why not?" Makarov asked, startling Ika.

"You can see why." Ika reminded him, glaring at the Dragon Slayers, returned the glare.

"I'm sure you can get along." The guild master assured.

"Doubt it." Natsu mumbled.

"Who's the new guy?" A gentle voice asked.

"Ah Mira! Ika here would like to be an official Fairy Tail member!" Makarov instructed.

Ika also knew who she was. Mirajane Strauss, once (and actually still) known as the 'She Demon'. Her strength is only matched by her good looks, and like Erza yet unlike Erza, if you make MIRAJANE mad, best case scenario is that you'll never move again.

"Really? Well then, what are we waiting for?" She asked.

"For a miracle." Ika mumbled.

"What was that?" Mirajane asked.

"Nothing." Ika responded.

Just when they both went out of sight, Natsu confronted Makarov.

"Gramps what are you doing?" He asked.

"Expanding the guild." The old man responded.

"But with him?!"

"Give me one good reason why we shouldn't have him here." Makarov insisted.

Natsu opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

"Well?"

"Wait let me think."

Natsu started to pace around, hand on chin. After a few seconds, a light bulb appeared above Natsu's head.

"We can't let him in because he's barefoot." Natsu told him, crossing his arms with a cocky smile.

"I said a good reason Natsu." Makarov reminded him. The dragon slayer looked disappointed.

While this was happening, Mirajane just placed a light blue guild symbol right between Ika's shoulder blades.

"And there you go." Mirajane said.

Ika turned to thank her and walked to the guild master.

"Ok, so I'm part of the guild, now what?" Ika asked.

Makarov was about to say something, but Natsu stomped his foot.

"In order to be an official Fairy Tail member, you have to fight someone that's been here far longer than you. Someone like me." Natsu instructed.

The Kraken Soul user snorted. "Listen, Natsu right, someone once told me that if there's a fight I can't loose, why even bother." Ika told him, with a smirk.

Natsu grinned his teeth and clenched his fist. "You're saying you're stronger than me?" He asked with his fist on fire.

"No no, I'm just saying, if you think you can't loose, then you shouldn't even bother fighting someone like me." Ika said.

Natsu's flames extinguished. "You know what. You're right, I shouldn't even waist my time with you." Natsu agreed, nodding his head.

"Of course, I am stronger than you in more ways than one." Ika then said quickly.

Natsu's fist lit once more on fire.

"Oh that's it!" The Dragon Slayer shouted.

"STOP!" Makarov's voice boomed. "If you two are going to fight, might as well do it outside!" He said, pointing at the back guild door.

"I can live with that." Natsu said with a grin.

"Fine, I'll do it." Ika agreed, sounding a bit annoyed.

The whole guild sounded excited.

"So it's settled, Natsu vs. Ika. Anyone interested in seeing the fight may come with us." Makarov announced.

The whole guild got excited and followed them outside.

Behind the guild

Natsu and Ika where standing in opposite sides, Natsu stretching while Ika just waited.

"For the sake of the new guy, the only rule is to not kill." Makarov announced.

"Shame." Ika thought.

"Get ready to get a beat down." Natsu announced.

Kraken Soul!

Ika's limbs once again started to glow and they transformed again to the mage's monster.

"What the?" Natsu thought a bit surprised.

"Ready" Makarov started. Both mages got into a fighting position. "Fight!"

Natsu and Ika ran to each other and drew their fist's, ready for the assault.

But that will be next chapter, Natsu vs. Ika! Let me ask you something. Should I even bother mentioning Ika's attack? Like when he's going to do Vortex, should I announce it? And also do I stick with the term mages or change to wizards? I know they basically mean the same thing, but I just want to make sure. Until next time!